Lead 1:1s that foster real development
Run development conversations with depth and vulnerability. No coaching certification needed. metaFox gives you the structure and the tools.
Built in Germany, EU-hosted. From the team behind the metaFox cards, used by 100,000s of coaches.
Your 1:1s stay polite. The real issues stay hidden.
That's not a leadership problem — it's what 1:1s look like without a shared space. metaFox.online gives them one.
Before the 1:1
No time for real 1:1s
Coaching is a sliver of your job. You don't have time to prepare real development conversations.
Coaching training takes months
Real coaching skills need months of training and thousands in fees.
During the 1:1
Status, not depth
Your 1:1s stay at status updates. You want to go deeper — and you know psychological safety matters — but you don't have a recipe for how to start.
Rescue reflex, not development
Your instinct is to solve their problem — not build their capacity to solve it themselves.
After the 1:1
The thread is gone by the next 1:1
What you discussed fades before the next meeting. You start from zero again.
No record, no follow-up
After the conversation, only your memory remains — nothing you can both refer back to.
Three differences you'll notice in your 1:1s
Make your conversations visual.
- "How's it going?" gets "fine." A picture card gets the real answer.
- Your team member names what they'd never raise unprompted.
- A repeatable way in — no coaching training required.
Make your 1:1s interactive.
- Work on one shared board with your team member.
- They pick cards, write, and move ideas around — not just sit and listen.
- The 1:1 becomes something you build together, not a status read-out.
Keep everything in one place.
- Every conversation documented, every board saved automatically.
- Share conversation templates across your leadership team.
- Every leader runs structured 1:1s — no one has to invent their own.
This is how your 1:1s feel with metaFox.
When you lead with metaFox.online:
Before the 1:1
Ready in minutes
Pick a template, share a link — a structured development conversation without prep marathons.
Method in a box
Coaching tools that guide the flow. You build leadership skills by using them.
During the 1:1
Real conversations, not status reads
Picture cards surface what "How's it going?" never reaches. Visual prompts lower the threshold — less pressure, more honesty.
Development, not rescue
The tool keeps you asking questions that build capacity — not handing out answers.
After the 1:1
Continuity across weeks
The board stays. You pick up exactly where you left off at the next 1:1.
Conversation captured
Notes and board stay saved. No rewriting, no "What did we say again?"
How it works
1Open the conversation.
Share your screen.
- 2
Set the scene.
What's the topic for this 1:1? A development goal, a stuck point, a career conversation.
3Pick a conversation tool.
Picture cards for openers, strengths cards for development, values cards for alignment. One click.
4Invite your team member onto the board.
One link. No login needed. They're in.
Follow-up
Every conversation is saved. Review past 1:1s before the next one. Share conversation templates with other leaders. Export and share development notes with your team member.
See metaFox.online in action
The metaFox.online app combines whiteboards with coaching tools and conversation templates, as well as client management and documentation. This video gives you a 3-minute overview.
All your coaching tools. One click away.
Picture Cards
Use metaFox deep pictures and let the client choose images that visualize challenges, resources or goals. With one click they are on your board and in the conversation.
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Strengths Cards
Use metaFox 'Your Strengths' coaching cards to identify and build on personal strengths. Select cards that resonate and add reflections directly on the whiteboard.
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Values Cards
Discover what really matters with metaFox 'What Really Matters' cards. Explore core values, rank them by importance, and document insights on the whiteboard.
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Feelings Cards
Help clients identify and express their emotions with metaFox coaching cards. A powerful tool for building emotional awareness and navigating feelings in the coaching process.
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Beliefs Cards
Uncover and examine beliefs and assumptions with metaFox coaching cards. Bring limiting beliefs to the surface and rework them into supportive perspectives on the whiteboard.
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Inner Parts
Playfully and precisely represent inner voices, drivers and needs. Very simple thanks to predefined figures. Everything stays on the board as documentation.
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Wheel of Life
The coaching classic for comprehensive analysis of life situation. For reflection at the beginning of a coaching journey. Fill out the wheel, continue talking directly in the board and document.
Coming soon
Scaling Questions
"How satisfied are you on a scale of...?" - Questions like these are really fun when your client moves the slider of their state themselves. Full integration into the whiteboard.
Coming soonBring your own slide templates, images, and post-its.
Templates: Make the platform your own.
Start your coaching sessions with prepared slides that guide the flow and provide structure. Upload your own slides, images, and frameworks, or use ready-made templates from the library. Build a session design once, reuse it across clients.
Is this for you?
You're a team lead, department head, or HR partner. You run regular 1:1s. You want those conversations to matter, not just check a box.
It was amazing how easily my client joined the board. No login friction. We immediately shared the same coaching space and accessed the same notes and cards.
Why metaFox.online, not what you use today
| What you use today | With metaFox.online |
|---|---|
What you use today Your 1:1s stay at status updates — depth is missing. Zoom, Docs & ad-hoc conversations | With metaFox.online A framework for development conversations: pick a tool, follow the flow, capture the outcome. |
What you use today You want to lead better — without months of coaching training. Expensive certification | With metaFox.online Coaching tools in your hands. The tool guides the flow — you build skills by doing. |
What you use today Your team should participate — without learning another tool. Another HR or enterprise suite | With metaFox.online Like a whiteboard: your team member joins with one link. Nothing to install, nothing to train. |
What you use today By the next 1:1 the thread is gone — and nothing is captured. Notes in your head, docs scattered | With metaFox.online Board and notes stay saved. You pick up exactly where you left off at the next meeting. |
Responsible Tech
You work with sensitive conversations. We treat them that way.
EU-hosted, EU-owned.
Servers in Germany. No US data transfers.
No surveillance business model.
You pay for a tool, so we build a tool. We earn from subscriptions — never by selling your data or your clients'.
You own what you create.
Boards, notes, client records. Export anything. Delete anything.
No AI slop.
Your human-to-human relationship is the core of your practice. You choose what to write down. You choose the tools supporting development.
Pricing
Choose the plan that works best for you.
Free
- All coaching tools
- All templates
- One client
- Three sessions per month
- 10 whiteboards per session
Pro
50% Early-Bird-Discount if you start now
- All coaching tools
- All templates
- Unlimited clients and sessions
Teams
- Organization Owner manages access
- Pro access for employees and partners
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Custom seat count
- Share templates with colleagues
- Write to: app@metafox.eu
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